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CAUGHT A TARTAR
little Mary had been pent to the
store by her mother to get some fly
paper. She was a long time In re
turning and the mother began to get
anxious. Going to the 'door she spied
the little girl coming up the street
and called to her:
"Mary, have you got the fly pa
pec?" "tfb, mother," replied Mary. 'It's
got me, but -we're comin' together."
Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph.
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TERRIBLE FATE
'Tes, my dear," said Mrs. Rams
botham, speaking of her invalid un
cle. "The poor old gentleman has
had a stroke of parenthesis, and when.
a saw him last he was in a state of
comma."
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HE KNEW
A little boy having his music" les
son was asked by his teacher, "What
are pauses?" 4 .
And ,the quick response was,
"Things that grow on pussy cats."
twihen o,.booh atfant cltngl
And taDcs till your
readu to isoh.
Dont stemd there and
Itste-n to -more
-Just maim hrm. for
Ufa witH ttie.'Knob.
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( !L oo) KrrcHEN? I350H,T
PLAIN AS MUD
'Ta, why does corn pop?"
"Well, you see, the starch polyi
gons are of such a nature as to fa
cilitate expansion and render it ex
plosive in character; there is a frac
ture of a particle along its two radii,
the endosperm swelling very consid
erably, the peripheral portions coher
ing with the hull, but the fractured
quarters turning back to meet below
the embryo why, my son, where ara
you going?"
"I'm going to tell little sister." ,
Puck.
A DEFINITJON -
Willie Paw, what is a willowy
maiden?
Paw A skinny girl who has a
wealthy father, my son. Cincinnati
Enquirer.
BEFORE THE WEDDING '
Peggie Jack do you see figures in
the fire?
Jack Yes, gas bills! Puck,